1 00:00:01,993 --> 00:00:03,160 NARRATOR: Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island... 2 00:00:03,253 --> 00:00:04,420 - (horn honks) - ALEX: Look at that. 3 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,079 That's really something. (chuckles) 4 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:08,424 That excavator looks really big. 5 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:10,417 RICK: If there is a ship there, then I want to see the evidence. 6 00:00:10,501 --> 00:00:12,169 That piece of bell metal might be associated 7 00:00:12,262 --> 00:00:14,254 - with Portuguese. - CHRISTA: The tin, 8 00:00:14,338 --> 00:00:16,598 it's been used in the production of cannons. 9 00:00:16,758 --> 00:00:18,017 GARY: Ooh, look at that. 10 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:19,768 That is bloody cool, mate. 11 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,094 CARMEN: You would use a tool like this 12 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:23,096 for smoothing timbers. 13 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:25,348 - To sink a shaft. - TERRY: Wow. 14 00:00:25,433 --> 00:00:26,692 Seems to me, it's a shaft wall. 15 00:00:26,851 --> 00:00:28,277 I can't explain it. 16 00:00:31,022 --> 00:00:34,024 NARRATOR: There is an island in the North Atlantic 17 00:00:34,117 --> 00:00:36,535 where people have been looking for 18 00:00:36,619 --> 00:00:40,614 an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. 19 00:00:40,698 --> 00:00:43,459 So far, they have found a stone slab 20 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,502 with strange symbols carved into it... 21 00:00:46,954 --> 00:00:50,132 man-made workings that date to medieval times, 22 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:54,544 and a lead cross whose origin may be connected 23 00:00:54,629 --> 00:00:55,712 to the Knights Templar. 24 00:00:55,797 --> 00:00:58,548 To date, six men have died 25 00:00:58,641 --> 00:01:01,551 trying to solve the mystery. 26 00:01:01,636 --> 00:01:06,565 And according to legend, one more will have to die 27 00:01:06,649 --> 00:01:08,984 before the treasure can be found. 28 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:16,575 ♪ ♪ 29 00:01:22,990 --> 00:01:24,500 MARTY: Welcome to the war room, guys. 30 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:25,834 We're here to talk about where we can dig 31 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,669 and where we can't dig and where we should dig 32 00:01:27,829 --> 00:01:29,412 and where we're gonna dig. 33 00:01:29,497 --> 00:01:30,997 - Good. - NARRATOR: It is the beginning 34 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:33,834 of a new day on Oak Island, 35 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:36,929 but before they proceed with any new search activities 36 00:01:37,088 --> 00:01:40,516 in a quest to solve a 226-year-old mystery, 37 00:01:40,675 --> 00:01:45,270 brothers Rick and Marty Lagina gather in the war room 38 00:01:45,355 --> 00:01:49,608 with archaeologist Laird Niven and other members of their team. 39 00:01:49,767 --> 00:01:51,101 - So, what can we do, Laird? - LAIRD: Well... 40 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:52,361 What can we dig in the swamp and how? 41 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,855 So, we've applied for a swamp general permit, 42 00:01:54,939 --> 00:01:56,031 and that's been approved. 43 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,691 - Oh. - We do have permission 44 00:01:57,775 --> 00:01:59,442 to dig on the south side. 45 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:01,361 The paved area has also been approved. 46 00:02:01,445 --> 00:02:03,122 - Right now, it's the south of swamp... - Yeah. 47 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:05,115 - and the paved area. - Yeah. 48 00:02:05,199 --> 00:02:07,209 - Okay. - And we just have to be careful of the... 49 00:02:07,368 --> 00:02:08,535 Yeah, the-the circle thing. 50 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:09,953 - Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah. 51 00:02:10,037 --> 00:02:11,872 NARRATOR: One month ago, 52 00:02:11,956 --> 00:02:14,216 while investigating a stone pathway 53 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,635 in the southeastern corner of the swamp 54 00:02:16,794 --> 00:02:19,045 that may be leading to the Money Pit... 55 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,046 LIZ: What you got? 56 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,391 LAIRD: I have a piece of pottery. 57 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,309 NARRATOR: Laird Niven unearthed pieces 58 00:02:24,468 --> 00:02:26,803 of indigenous Mi'kmaq pottery that could be 59 00:02:26,888 --> 00:02:29,231 more than 500 years old. 60 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:31,400 LAIRD: This one's the most delicate I've ever seen. 61 00:02:31,559 --> 00:02:34,069 NARRATOR: These discoveries led 62 00:02:34,228 --> 00:02:36,396 to the provincial Department of Community, Culture and Heritage 63 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,991 issuing a shocking mandate 64 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:41,577 for search activities outside the Money Pit area. 65 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:42,903 LAIRD: The archeologists asked 66 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:44,571 that we stop down. 67 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,248 We stop work at the two areas 68 00:02:46,407 --> 00:02:48,491 where we were finding the artifacts. 69 00:02:48,576 --> 00:02:50,577 STEVE G.: We have free range inside of the green. 70 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:53,672 Any activity inside the green, we're allowed to pursue. 71 00:02:53,831 --> 00:02:56,082 - MARTY: And the red? - We need special permission 72 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,843 to be inside of the red. 73 00:02:58,002 --> 00:03:00,337 The swamp was sort of giving up its secrets 74 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:03,015 right about the time this happened. 75 00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:05,434 So, yeah, it-it's painful. 76 00:03:05,593 --> 00:03:10,847 But we have always moved forward optimistically and hopefully, 77 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:13,099 and that's how we're gonna approach it. 78 00:03:13,184 --> 00:03:16,519 RICK: We know that there are restrictions placed on our work 79 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:19,105 by Communities, Culture and Heritage. 80 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:22,868 But we do have some permission-- Or permits, I should say-- 81 00:03:23,027 --> 00:03:25,787 To dig along the edge of the swamp road. 82 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,874 You know, I-I've been completely wrong about the swamp, 83 00:03:29,033 --> 00:03:30,959 and I'll freely admit it, but I think every time 84 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:33,462 we've dug of any substance, we've found something. 85 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:34,955 Right. 86 00:03:35,039 --> 00:03:37,716 Again, everything goes back to Tom, your father, 87 00:03:37,875 --> 00:03:39,468 - his interest, and your interest. - Yep. 88 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:40,961 I asked you long ago, 89 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:42,971 I said, "Tom, if there's anything to find on Oak Island, 90 00:03:43,130 --> 00:03:44,139 where is it?" What did you tell me? 91 00:03:44,298 --> 00:03:45,715 I said, "It's in the swamp." 92 00:03:45,808 --> 00:03:47,142 I said, "That's where answers are, 93 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,393 - to what we're looking for." - There you go. 94 00:03:48,552 --> 00:03:50,145 Yeah. 95 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,480 NARRATOR: After the late landowner 96 00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:53,556 and treasure hunter Fred Nolan 97 00:03:53,641 --> 00:03:56,559 drained the swamp back in 1969 98 00:03:56,644 --> 00:03:59,813 and discovered several parts of a sailing vessel, 99 00:03:59,897 --> 00:04:01,398 including a ship's mast, 100 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:04,159 he became convinced that the swamp 101 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,912 had been artificially created in order to hide 102 00:04:07,071 --> 00:04:10,323 the wreck of a massive treasure galleon. 103 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:13,669 Although Fred was never able to prove it, 104 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:17,089 over the past four years working with Fred's son Tom... 105 00:04:17,248 --> 00:04:19,925 That is not something that should be in a swamp. 106 00:04:20,009 --> 00:04:22,669 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty, Craig and the team 107 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:24,754 have made discoveries in the brackish bog 108 00:04:24,847 --> 00:04:27,507 that support the incredible theory. 109 00:04:27,591 --> 00:04:30,686 TERRY D.: That is very impressive. Wow. 110 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:32,846 NARRATOR: These finds include the stone wharf 111 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,931 in the southeastern corner, 112 00:04:35,016 --> 00:04:36,858 which historian Terry Deveau believes 113 00:04:37,018 --> 00:04:39,436 could be of Portuguese origin... 114 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:42,030 This is 16th-century and before. 115 00:04:42,189 --> 00:04:44,691 (laughs): That's remarkable. 116 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:46,526 NARRATOR: and numerous wooden artifacts 117 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:49,612 such as a possible piece of ship's railing 118 00:04:49,697 --> 00:04:53,750 that has been carbon-dated to as early as 660 AD. 119 00:04:55,712 --> 00:04:58,297 However, one of the most compelling potential clues 120 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:02,718 was identified in 2018 by seismic scanning 121 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:05,095 that was conducted across the swamp... 122 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:12,052 a mysterious 200-foot-long ship-shaped anomaly. 123 00:05:12,136 --> 00:05:15,480 So, Billy, can we get a swamp excavator? 124 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:17,482 The swamp excavator is good, certainly out in the middle, 125 00:05:17,641 --> 00:05:20,402 but if we're doing the edges, a-a long-reach is better. 126 00:05:20,561 --> 00:05:22,571 What is "long-reach" that you're thinking? What is that? 127 00:05:22,730 --> 00:05:25,073 It would be 80-foot long-reach. 128 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:27,067 Hmm. That's pretty good. 129 00:05:27,151 --> 00:05:28,902 - BILLY: Yep. - MARTY: Um, I say we do it. 130 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:31,404 Anybody have any other thoughts? 131 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:33,081 I think we should. 132 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,916 - MARTY: Yeah. - TOM: There's always information 133 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,826 in that swamp, every time we dig in it. 134 00:05:36,911 --> 00:05:39,412 So, if we get a machine here that can do it, 135 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:41,757 let's-let's get on that south side and start digging. 136 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:42,999 Right. 137 00:05:43,084 --> 00:05:44,584 Craig, what do you say? 138 00:05:44,668 --> 00:05:46,169 Yeah, I-I agree. I mean, 139 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:48,347 the extended reach will be perfect. 140 00:05:49,507 --> 00:05:51,758 Billy, you got a unanimous decision 141 00:05:51,842 --> 00:05:53,176 - out of this group. - (laughter) 142 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:54,511 That's pretty exciting. 143 00:05:54,595 --> 00:05:56,104 - (laughter) - It is. 144 00:05:56,263 --> 00:05:57,680 - Yeah. - All right, well, let's do it. 145 00:05:57,765 --> 00:05:59,107 Why don't you get that in motion, Billy, 146 00:05:59,266 --> 00:06:01,443 and we're gonna, you know, we'll dig, we'll dig in the swamp. 147 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:03,445 RICK: There's a lot to hope for, but it won't get done 148 00:06:03,604 --> 00:06:05,614 - unless you start. - Yep. 149 00:06:05,773 --> 00:06:07,282 - So, let's get going. - Okay. 150 00:06:07,441 --> 00:06:09,284 MARTY: Okay. Let's dig the swamp. 151 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:11,361 - BILLY: Yep. - RICK: Okey doke. 152 00:06:11,445 --> 00:06:14,197 NARRATOR: Later that morning, while the team arranges 153 00:06:14,281 --> 00:06:17,033 to obtain their new piece of heavy digging equipment... 154 00:06:17,118 --> 00:06:18,368 - CHARLES: Core coming in. - TERRY: All right. 155 00:06:18,452 --> 00:06:19,795 NARRATOR: in the Money Pit area, 156 00:06:19,954 --> 00:06:21,963 geologist Terry Matheson, 157 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:24,549 Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse 158 00:06:24,708 --> 00:06:26,802 and members of the team have begun drilling 159 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:30,305 a new six-inch borehole known as F-2. 160 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,048 - Hey, guys. - Hey, Brennan. How you doing? 161 00:06:32,141 --> 00:06:33,466 - Good. How are you? - Good. 162 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:36,302 - Fresh core? - CHARLES: Yep. 163 00:06:36,387 --> 00:06:38,563 - What do we got, Adam? - ADAM: 53. 164 00:06:39,723 --> 00:06:41,558 - 49 to 53? - Yes. 165 00:06:41,651 --> 00:06:44,394 NARRATOR: Over the past six weeks, 166 00:06:44,478 --> 00:06:47,739 Rick, Marty, Craig and the team have been conducting 167 00:06:47,898 --> 00:06:50,817 an operation to drill some 20 new boreholes 168 00:06:50,901 --> 00:06:54,746 on a strategic grid in an area known as the C-1 cluster. 169 00:06:54,831 --> 00:06:58,583 It is here, in the vicinity of the C-1 shaft, 170 00:06:58,668 --> 00:07:01,336 that they have not only recovered pieces of metal, 171 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:03,913 as well as water samples containing traces 172 00:07:03,998 --> 00:07:05,665 of both silver and gold 173 00:07:05,749 --> 00:07:08,501 but also, evidence of wooden tunnels 174 00:07:08,586 --> 00:07:12,681 nearly 90 feet deep dating back to as early as the 15th century. 175 00:07:14,925 --> 00:07:16,843 TERRY: So, Brennan, the new plan is, we're gonna just 176 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,438 burn down for the first 49 feet. 177 00:07:19,597 --> 00:07:21,940 - Okay. - And that gets the sweet spot 178 00:07:22,099 --> 00:07:24,517 of 110 to about 120, 179 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:27,770 where we hope to intersect a tunnel in and around 110. 180 00:07:27,855 --> 00:07:30,866 - So we're gonna take it to 120 to be sure. - Sure. 181 00:07:31,025 --> 00:07:35,203 MARTY: We have been chasing all around the C-1 cluster, 182 00:07:35,362 --> 00:07:36,455 trying to figure out what's going on 183 00:07:36,614 --> 00:07:38,707 and getting some really interesting results. 184 00:07:38,866 --> 00:07:42,127 I don't know what to make of the wood that keeps coming up, 185 00:07:42,286 --> 00:07:46,548 several of which have dated to 1480 to 1650. 186 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:49,468 And the metal from D-2 had gold in it. 187 00:07:49,552 --> 00:07:52,295 So that could be very significant. 188 00:07:52,379 --> 00:07:53,722 CHARLES: So, we know 189 00:07:53,806 --> 00:07:56,799 that right in line of F-2 is D-2, 190 00:07:56,884 --> 00:07:57,884 and that's where we hit-- 191 00:07:57,977 --> 00:07:59,636 We found those three pieces of metal. 192 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,554 - Wow. - So, it could be, 193 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:04,891 it just could be a tunnel that we may find here. 194 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:06,392 - Let's hope. - So-- Let's hope. 195 00:08:06,477 --> 00:08:07,819 If it's there, Mike will find it. 196 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:09,562 That we will. 197 00:08:09,647 --> 00:08:11,564 RICK: What we are engaged in 198 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:14,901 is trying to understand what is happening underground. 199 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:17,162 It's critically important to analyze the data 200 00:08:17,321 --> 00:08:20,907 from the drill program and see if it affects 201 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,335 where you put the ten-foot cans. 202 00:08:23,419 --> 00:08:26,663 I think, right now, we've got a little bit of connective tissue. 203 00:08:26,747 --> 00:08:30,333 We've got high gold and silver water sample tests 204 00:08:30,426 --> 00:08:32,344 that are saying that this might be 205 00:08:32,428 --> 00:08:35,180 a-a premiere location for a large can. 206 00:08:35,339 --> 00:08:36,681 What you got, Adam? 207 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,850 - 86. - 86. 208 00:08:38,935 --> 00:08:40,852 It's a heavy one. Feels like wood. 209 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:43,846 TERRY: Wow. 210 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:45,515 That looks like it's all wood. 211 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:48,193 CHARLES: We could be in another shaft. 212 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:51,613 NARRATOR: Part of a shaft? 213 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:53,448 Found in the same area, and at nearly 214 00:08:53,607 --> 00:08:55,525 the same depth where the team 215 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:58,036 recently discovered both evidence of a tunnel 216 00:08:58,195 --> 00:09:00,455 and also treasure? 217 00:09:00,614 --> 00:09:03,783 TERRY: Look, the grain is perpendicular to the stroke of the drill. 218 00:09:03,876 --> 00:09:05,868 I would say that's a shaft wall. 219 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:08,705 NARRATOR: If so, who built it? 220 00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:11,207 A prior group of searchers? 221 00:09:11,292 --> 00:09:12,801 Or could it have been someone 222 00:09:12,885 --> 00:09:15,971 who hid something here long, long ago? 223 00:09:16,130 --> 00:09:17,639 - Hey, Scott. - Hey, guys. 224 00:09:17,798 --> 00:09:19,391 TERRY: Scott, how are you doing? 225 00:09:19,550 --> 00:09:20,642 - CHARLES: Hey, Steve. - STEVE G.: Hey, guys. 226 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:23,228 - Hey, Steve. - How's it looking? 227 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:27,223 Well, as you see, from 82 feet to 89 feet, 228 00:09:27,308 --> 00:09:30,560 quite a substantial section of stacked timbers here. 229 00:09:30,653 --> 00:09:32,988 - Seems to me it's a shaft wall. - Yeah. 230 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:36,491 So, we already know there is a tunneling system around C-1. 231 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,244 Or, it's the original Money Pit. 232 00:09:39,328 --> 00:09:42,488 We keep getting evidence of tunnels and shafts that 233 00:09:42,573 --> 00:09:45,575 are totally undocumented in the C-1 cluster. 234 00:09:45,659 --> 00:09:48,328 So, we're trying to define what these shafts are 235 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:50,922 and who made these tunnels and where they're going. 236 00:09:51,081 --> 00:09:53,333 It might even give us the puzzle pieces we need 237 00:09:53,417 --> 00:09:55,427 to figure this whole thing out. 238 00:09:55,586 --> 00:09:57,170 Let's see if we can repeat it. Hit it again. 239 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,847 - Yeah. - STEVE G.: That's right. 240 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,182 - So, we'll carry on. - Right on. 241 00:10:01,342 --> 00:10:03,018 Once more into the breach. 242 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:09,015 TEDFORD: Watch your fingers! 243 00:10:09,099 --> 00:10:10,442 NARRATOR: While the drilling operation 244 00:10:10,526 --> 00:10:12,185 continues in the Money Pit area... 245 00:10:12,269 --> 00:10:14,195 GARY: There should be some good stuff here. 246 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,113 RICK: You would think. 247 00:10:15,197 --> 00:10:17,273 nearly a mile to the west, 248 00:10:17,358 --> 00:10:20,785 Rick Lagina and metal detection expert Gary Drayton 249 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:24,197 arrive at Lot 4 to continue searching for 250 00:10:24,281 --> 00:10:27,283 a feature that, if found, could corroborate 251 00:10:27,368 --> 00:10:29,035 one of the most incredible theories 252 00:10:29,119 --> 00:10:31,296 ever presented about the Oak Island treasure. 253 00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:35,625 GARY: It's only a matter of time before we pull up 254 00:10:35,709 --> 00:10:37,260 some coins out of this area. 255 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:41,890 So, where it points at "The Hole Under the Hatch," 256 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:43,975 as the map depicts it. 257 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:46,227 It looks like it's a wooded area. 258 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,387 It looks like it's over on Lot 4. 259 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,806 Yes, it does. 260 00:10:49,890 --> 00:10:50,973 NARRATOR: Two weeks ago, 261 00:10:51,058 --> 00:10:52,984 mechanical engineer Matt Sandt 262 00:10:53,143 --> 00:10:55,570 presented the team with his research 263 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:58,564 on a reported 14th-century map that was first shown 264 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:02,068 to Rick, Marty and the team back in 2016 265 00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:05,997 by the late author and historian Zena Halpern. 266 00:11:06,156 --> 00:11:08,408 It was Zena's belief that the map 267 00:11:08,492 --> 00:11:11,411 had been created by members of the Knights Templar-- 268 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,913 And noted secret locations around the island-- 269 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:16,424 Written in French-- That represented key clues 270 00:11:16,583 --> 00:11:17,667 to finding a vast 271 00:11:17,751 --> 00:11:20,002 and potentially priceless treasure. 272 00:11:20,087 --> 00:11:22,839 One of these sites was simply labeled as 273 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:25,508 "The Hole Under the Hatch." 274 00:11:25,592 --> 00:11:29,354 Back by the main road on the western side, just up there 275 00:11:29,513 --> 00:11:31,106 on Lot 4... 276 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:33,599 Yeah, the pink and then those red dots. 277 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,026 Do you see that? 278 00:11:35,111 --> 00:11:37,195 NARRATOR: Over the past two weeks, 279 00:11:37,354 --> 00:11:39,605 the team has not only marked a large, 280 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:42,608 buried metallic anomaly using a magnetometer, 281 00:11:42,693 --> 00:11:45,945 but also found several intriguing artifacts, 282 00:11:46,029 --> 00:11:48,281 including a leather strap 283 00:11:48,365 --> 00:11:49,708 and a gold-plated button. 284 00:11:50,701 --> 00:11:53,545 - I'll try over here. - Okay. 285 00:11:53,704 --> 00:11:56,873 However, due to the new island-wide restrictions 286 00:11:56,957 --> 00:11:58,383 imposed by the Department 287 00:11:58,542 --> 00:12:00,960 of Community, Culture and Heritage, 288 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,555 they will need to recover more compelling evidence 289 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,631 before they can obtain a permit 290 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:08,059 to conduct a large excavation in the area. 291 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:11,896 (Gary mutters) 292 00:12:16,393 --> 00:12:17,819 (beeping) 293 00:12:17,903 --> 00:12:20,146 Well, that sounds good, mate. 294 00:12:20,230 --> 00:12:23,241 This little baby wants to be rescued. Just there. 295 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,085 All right. Let's recheck the hole. 296 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:36,913 It got stronger. I like the sound of this. 297 00:12:36,997 --> 00:12:39,048 Let's see if I can pinpoint it. 298 00:12:40,417 --> 00:12:41,918 (beeping) 299 00:12:42,002 --> 00:12:43,428 There it is. 300 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:44,763 Wow! Look at that. 301 00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:48,516 Big old iron spike. 302 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,677 That is heavy as well, that's an oldie. 303 00:12:51,762 --> 00:12:54,180 I mean, this is chunky iron, 304 00:12:54,264 --> 00:12:56,182 just up from the shoreline like this, 305 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:58,693 I have no idea the use of it. 306 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:02,781 So, Dr. Brosseau, XRF, get it cleaned, 307 00:13:02,940 --> 00:13:05,366 get it conserved, and see what it says. 308 00:13:05,526 --> 00:13:06,785 Yeah. And get Carmen Legge 309 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:08,611 - to have a gander at it as well. - Yup. 310 00:13:08,704 --> 00:13:10,780 RICK: I have a special place 311 00:13:10,864 --> 00:13:13,291 for Zena Halpern and her research, 312 00:13:13,375 --> 00:13:17,954 but we are still trying to understand the map. 313 00:13:18,038 --> 00:13:19,798 All right, mate. Let's keep gridding. 314 00:13:19,882 --> 00:13:23,876 RICK: To prove the significance of it, 315 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:27,713 we've got to find and hold evidence in our hand that 316 00:13:27,798 --> 00:13:29,974 these things exist, well and truly exist. 317 00:13:36,139 --> 00:13:38,316 (beeping) 318 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,819 Two-way repeatable signal. 319 00:13:42,062 --> 00:13:44,230 That's a little screamer. 320 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:46,157 Just there, mate. 321 00:13:49,736 --> 00:13:51,404 My lucky digger's on fire! 322 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:52,997 (Rick chuckles) 323 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:06,419 Hopefully it's still in the hole, mate. 324 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:09,005 - (beeping) - It is. 325 00:14:09,089 --> 00:14:10,673 Come on, me little beauty. 326 00:14:10,757 --> 00:14:12,350 (chuckles) 327 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,761 Ooh. Look at that. 328 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:16,855 That is... 329 00:14:17,014 --> 00:14:19,181 - That looks like a... - Like a tool? 330 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:21,851 GARY: Yeah. Is it an old adze? 331 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,778 - Could be. - I mean, we find all that 332 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,856 wood with the bark, the old timbers. 333 00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:29,108 That's what it looks like to me, maybe, 334 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:30,451 - an adze? - Yup. 335 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,620 NARRATOR: A possible adze? 336 00:14:32,779 --> 00:14:34,372 Discovered on Lot 4? 337 00:14:35,616 --> 00:14:38,284 Dating back to the times of ancient Egypt, 338 00:14:38,368 --> 00:14:42,046 an adze is a type of cutting tool featuring a sharp edge 339 00:14:42,205 --> 00:14:44,883 that runs perpendicular to its handle 340 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:47,376 and was designed for use in ship building 341 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,879 or detailed woodwork on structures. 342 00:14:51,214 --> 00:14:54,967 If this tool proves to be an adze, as Gary believes, 343 00:14:55,052 --> 00:14:57,395 could it be connected to some kind of structure 344 00:14:57,554 --> 00:15:00,306 that was built long ago in this area? 345 00:15:00,390 --> 00:15:03,151 RICK: If some activity on Lot 4 346 00:15:03,310 --> 00:15:04,560 was done long ago, 347 00:15:04,645 --> 00:15:06,312 they would need to shape timbers 348 00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:09,574 in order to do cribbing of the underground works. 349 00:15:09,658 --> 00:15:12,577 I-I don't know a whole lot about an adze, you know, 350 00:15:12,661 --> 00:15:14,662 but I know it's used for shaping wood. 351 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,238 That's interesting. 352 00:15:16,323 --> 00:15:18,658 I love these interesting finds. 353 00:15:18,742 --> 00:15:21,911 And we're getting more and more interesting finds on Lot 4. 354 00:15:21,995 --> 00:15:23,329 - But that is really cool. - It's a curious find. 355 00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:24,747 - Yeah. - It's a very curious find. 356 00:15:24,831 --> 00:15:27,500 This and that nice old piece of iron, 357 00:15:27,584 --> 00:15:31,170 that spike, whatever it is, can easily be dated. 358 00:15:31,254 --> 00:15:33,589 They're both interesting enough to warrant that, 359 00:15:33,674 --> 00:15:35,099 - that's for sure. - Yeah, for sure, mate. 360 00:15:35,258 --> 00:15:39,437 I think we have ended the day on a high with this note. 361 00:15:39,521 --> 00:15:40,939 RICK: I agree. 362 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,401 NARRATOR: The following day... 363 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,742 (horn honking) 364 00:15:53,777 --> 00:15:56,120 - Here it is, guys. - There it is. 365 00:15:58,707 --> 00:16:00,032 ALEX: Oh, man. Look at that. 366 00:16:00,117 --> 00:16:02,460 (laughs) 367 00:16:02,544 --> 00:16:06,622 Alex Lagina, Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, 368 00:16:06,707 --> 00:16:09,133 and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt 369 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:14,714 gather near the swamp to receive a 35-ton long-reach excavator. 370 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,724 ALEX: Look at that! That's really something. 371 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:19,719 - BILLY: That's a long junk of stuff, yeah. - (Alex laughs) 372 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:21,637 ALEX: You don't appreciate it until it kind of turns 373 00:16:21,722 --> 00:16:24,390 - and goes past ya. - Exactly. 374 00:16:24,474 --> 00:16:26,901 NARRATOR: With the capability of reaching up to 80 feet 375 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,653 out into the swamp, 376 00:16:28,812 --> 00:16:30,479 and to much deeper depths than they've been able 377 00:16:30,564 --> 00:16:32,148 to dig in this area before... 378 00:16:32,232 --> 00:16:35,234 - ALEX: Oh, yeah. - it is the team's hope 379 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:37,161 to not only find more evidence that could help 380 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,488 prove Fred Nolan's incredible theory 381 00:16:39,573 --> 00:16:42,241 but also anything of value 382 00:16:42,325 --> 00:16:45,503 that might lie buried beneath the muck and mud. 383 00:16:45,587 --> 00:16:49,749 We have a number of items that we believe, 384 00:16:49,833 --> 00:16:51,834 from a layman's perspective, 385 00:16:51,918 --> 00:16:53,669 can be associated with a ship, 386 00:16:53,754 --> 00:16:55,513 or the building of ships, even. 387 00:16:55,672 --> 00:16:56,931 - CHARLES: Hey, guys. - MARTY: So now 388 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,516 we're digging to see what's there. 389 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,342 And hopefully find some information 390 00:17:00,427 --> 00:17:02,520 that puts this whole puzzle together. 391 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:04,847 - Nice machine, Billy. - Yes, it is, Marty. 392 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:07,358 - Hi, guys. - MARTY: Hey, Charles. 393 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:08,943 - You ready? - CHARLES: Absolutely. 394 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,269 I was just wondering where to start. 395 00:17:10,353 --> 00:17:12,021 You like starting here? Rick likes starting here? 396 00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:14,523 - Yeah. - Let Gary figure out 397 00:17:14,616 --> 00:17:15,608 where he wants the material laid down. 398 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,444 We have to lay eyes on this, because 399 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:21,363 the number of finds we've made that are wooden... 400 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:22,457 There's something in there, 401 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:23,783 - I think. - Right. 402 00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:26,044 - Yeah. - Put it where you want it to go, Billy, 403 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:27,879 - and let's take a few shovelfuls. - Yep. 404 00:17:27,963 --> 00:17:29,881 - It's time to dig. - BILLY: Time to dig. 405 00:17:39,549 --> 00:17:40,549 Ready to go? 406 00:17:40,634 --> 00:17:42,393 GARY: Yep! Ready to rock and roll, Billy. 407 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,888 Here we go, ready for 408 00:17:45,981 --> 00:17:47,565 - some slop. - CHARLES: Oh, yeah. 409 00:17:48,975 --> 00:17:52,645 NARRATOR: While Billy begins digging with the long-range excavator, 410 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:56,407 Marty Lagina uses a smaller, 13-ton excavator 411 00:17:56,492 --> 00:17:59,243 to clear water away from the area as it accumulates. 412 00:18:00,487 --> 00:18:03,155 Meanwhile, Gary Drayton will scan 413 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,752 the spoils for any potential metal clues... or valuables. 414 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:10,579 I don't know that there's a quote-un-quote 415 00:18:10,664 --> 00:18:12,832 treasure chest, or-or, or something that 416 00:18:12,916 --> 00:18:14,917 can be retrieved from the body of the swamp. 417 00:18:15,001 --> 00:18:18,337 But Mr. Nolan did find some ship parts there, 418 00:18:18,421 --> 00:18:23,259 and his beliefs are now being validated because 419 00:18:23,343 --> 00:18:25,436 we are finding ship items. 420 00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:28,931 So, if there is a ship there, then I want to see the evidence. 421 00:18:29,015 --> 00:18:32,777 I want to prove that, indeed, uh... 422 00:18:32,936 --> 00:18:35,196 at the bottom of the swamp there is a ship. 423 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,864 We don't have that information yet. 424 00:18:37,023 --> 00:18:38,691 You want to walk in there? 425 00:18:38,775 --> 00:18:40,409 GARY: Uh... Yeah. Please. 426 00:18:42,362 --> 00:18:44,789 That'd be great. There we go. Thanks. 427 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,795 - CHARLES: See all this water here? - ALEX: Yeah. 428 00:18:50,954 --> 00:18:52,421 CHARLES: The trench is starting to silt up. 429 00:18:57,386 --> 00:19:00,555 Look at that. There she goes. 430 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:02,223 - CHALRES: Yeah. - LAIRD: Hey, guys. 431 00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:03,724 - Hey, Laird. - GARY: Hey, mate. 432 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,227 Requested a shovel. How are things going? 433 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,970 Well, it's just getting going now. 434 00:19:08,054 --> 00:19:09,147 We're getting to deeper layers. 435 00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:10,815 - Okay. - Now we're going 436 00:19:10,899 --> 00:19:12,641 to try to get the majority 437 00:19:12,726 --> 00:19:14,152 of that water to get moving. 438 00:19:14,311 --> 00:19:16,237 Marty's clearing the ditch a little bit. 439 00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:18,647 - LAIRD: Okay. - RICK: So, the hope is that 440 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:20,316 we can continue to move that way, 441 00:19:20,409 --> 00:19:22,234 towards the areas that we have... 442 00:19:22,319 --> 00:19:24,078 Yeah, this all falls within 443 00:19:24,237 --> 00:19:25,571 - the permit that we have. - Yes. 444 00:19:25,655 --> 00:19:27,573 Yes. Nothing there, Gary? 445 00:19:27,657 --> 00:19:29,292 No. Nothing. 446 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:39,168 ALEX: That does not look like a... 447 00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:41,345 - RICK: Oh. - ALEX: That's a pretty big log. 448 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,181 CHARLES: Got a big log in here, Billy! 449 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,189 - RICK: It's huge. - CHARLES: Yeah. 450 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:53,182 NARRATOR: At the southern edge of the triangle-shaped swamp, 451 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,851 the Oak Island team has just made 452 00:19:55,944 --> 00:19:57,653 a potentially important discovery. 453 00:19:58,855 --> 00:20:01,616 - RICK: That's a big stump. - BILLY: Yeah. 454 00:20:01,775 --> 00:20:04,785 - RICK: How deep was that? - Four to six. 455 00:20:05,946 --> 00:20:07,538 I think that's the root at the bottom, right? 456 00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:09,540 - Over here? - I think so. Yeah. 457 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:17,465 RICK: It's pretty big, whatever it is. 458 00:20:17,624 --> 00:20:19,175 BILLY: The color is like oak. 459 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:25,798 - Did you do this, Gary? - Yeah, I did it. Yeah. 460 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,133 No metal hits in that. 461 00:20:29,219 --> 00:20:31,804 RICK: Well, it was four to six feet down. 462 00:20:31,888 --> 00:20:34,640 I mean, that says something about dry-- 463 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:35,983 It being dry land. 464 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,559 - Yeah. - And then, somehow, 465 00:20:37,644 --> 00:20:40,404 four feet of organics went over 466 00:20:40,563 --> 00:20:42,490 the top of it and then it became a wetland. 467 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:43,741 Yeah. 468 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:46,735 NARRATOR: A possible oak tree stump? 469 00:20:46,828 --> 00:20:49,247 Found in the southern region of the swamp? 470 00:20:49,406 --> 00:20:51,991 Because oak trees cannot grow naturally 471 00:20:52,075 --> 00:20:53,751 in water environments, 472 00:20:53,910 --> 00:20:56,254 could Rick be correct that this stump offers 473 00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:59,748 more evidence that the swamp was artificially made, 474 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:02,551 just like the late Fred Nolan strongly believed? 475 00:21:03,586 --> 00:21:06,505 RICK: At one time, that had to be 476 00:21:06,589 --> 00:21:08,841 - forestland, right? - Yeah. Yeah. 477 00:21:08,925 --> 00:21:11,102 A tree of this size would not be rooted, 478 00:21:11,261 --> 00:21:12,270 unless it were dry. 479 00:21:12,354 --> 00:21:15,022 It may provide a certain date as to 480 00:21:15,181 --> 00:21:17,766 when the swamp became a swamp. 481 00:21:17,859 --> 00:21:20,111 And it may be able to tell a story. 482 00:21:22,698 --> 00:21:25,616 I'd love to see a 500-year representation 483 00:21:25,775 --> 00:21:28,869 - of what this may have looked like. - Mm. 484 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,447 LAIRD: And that could help explain some of the other things 485 00:21:31,531 --> 00:21:33,291 that are happening around here. 486 00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:38,296 If that's the root, you cut it, figure out how old it is, first, 487 00:21:38,455 --> 00:21:40,372 and then draw your interpretation from there. 488 00:21:40,457 --> 00:21:42,466 - Right? - Yeah. Yeah. 489 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,428 RICK: It'd be nice to know how old that is. 490 00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:49,724 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 491 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,892 CHARLES: What's the good word there, Adam? 492 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,719 - 109. - 109. Chips and chunks. 493 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:54,887 Just chips and chunks. 494 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,139 while the operations in the swamp 495 00:21:57,232 --> 00:21:59,400 and the Money Pit area continue... 496 00:22:00,477 --> 00:22:02,394 RICK: I always like coming here. 497 00:22:02,479 --> 00:22:03,729 I like talking to this guy. 498 00:22:03,813 --> 00:22:05,072 ALEX: Yeah. Really interesting. 499 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,742 NARRATOR: some 50 miles north of Oak Island, 500 00:22:07,901 --> 00:22:10,578 in Centreville, Nova Scotia... 501 00:22:10,737 --> 00:22:13,572 - Hey, Carmen. - Hey, Carmen! 502 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,991 - ALEX: We're back again. - Marty Lagina, his son Alex, 503 00:22:16,084 --> 00:22:19,078 and Jack Begley arrive at Northville Farm. 504 00:22:19,162 --> 00:22:20,746 - Got some goodies? - ALEX: We do. 505 00:22:20,830 --> 00:22:22,164 - MARTY: We hope so. - All right. 506 00:22:22,257 --> 00:22:23,665 - Let's have a look at them. - Yeah. 507 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:26,677 NARRATOR: They are eager to have blacksmithing expert 508 00:22:26,836 --> 00:22:29,013 Carmen Legge examine the believed ancient 509 00:22:29,172 --> 00:22:31,932 adze cutting tool that Rick and Gary Drayton 510 00:22:32,092 --> 00:22:34,185 recently discovered on Lot 4. 511 00:22:35,771 --> 00:22:37,930 ALEX: So, this was found on Lot 4, 512 00:22:38,014 --> 00:22:39,774 which is on the north side of the island. 513 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,192 CARMEN: Okay. 514 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:02,380 And you just kinda scrape it along? 515 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:06,801 Oh, okay. 516 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:07,843 But it, um... 517 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:20,564 Yeah. 518 00:23:30,567 --> 00:23:31,742 Um... 519 00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:42,744 - Those are good numbers. - Yeah. 520 00:23:42,829 --> 00:23:43,912 CARMEN: It is. Yeah. 521 00:23:43,997 --> 00:23:46,757 NARRATOR: An English-style adze? 522 00:23:46,916 --> 00:23:49,844 Dating back more than 150 years prior to 523 00:23:50,003 --> 00:23:51,670 the discovery of the Money Pit? 524 00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:56,183 If so, what might it have been used for on Oak Island? 525 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:59,103 And specifically, on Lot 4? 526 00:24:00,263 --> 00:24:02,598 Are there any houses or homesteads over there? 527 00:24:02,682 --> 00:24:03,682 There's no-- I don't think there's ever been 528 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,526 anything constructed on Lot 4. 529 00:24:05,685 --> 00:24:09,947 If you had an expedition to sink a shaft, 530 00:24:10,106 --> 00:24:12,274 for whatever reason, you would need timbers. 531 00:24:12,358 --> 00:24:15,369 - Yes. - And you'd want them to fit together well. 532 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,529 - Yes. - So, you might need such a tool. 533 00:24:17,614 --> 00:24:19,698 You send your crew over there, "I need... 534 00:24:19,782 --> 00:24:22,201 I need 400 six-by-sixes." 535 00:24:22,285 --> 00:24:23,878 Whatever. "And they better fit." 536 00:24:24,037 --> 00:24:25,129 Then you'd need that, right? 537 00:24:25,213 --> 00:24:26,955 - You would use a tool like this. - MARTY: Yeah. 538 00:24:27,048 --> 00:24:29,208 - For the cribbing? - MARTY: Exactly. 539 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:32,386 I'm actually glad that we're looking closer at Lot 4. 540 00:24:32,545 --> 00:24:34,129 Man, that's a bit of a mystery. 541 00:24:34,214 --> 00:24:35,797 This is an adze. 542 00:24:35,882 --> 00:24:37,633 I mean, he's absolutely sure. 543 00:24:37,717 --> 00:24:40,385 It's old and it's corroded, but it probably was 544 00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:43,722 made somewhere between 1620 to 1740. 545 00:24:43,815 --> 00:24:47,735 That's good stuff. That's clearly pre-searcher. 546 00:24:47,894 --> 00:24:50,070 Okay. Well, that's interesting. 547 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:51,572 It's very old, potentially, 548 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:52,823 but it's kind of a mystery, still. 549 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:53,899 - Very old. - So that's good. 550 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:54,909 Bit of a mystery. 551 00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:55,817 You know, out of place 552 00:24:55,911 --> 00:24:57,912 on Oak Island. What a shock. 553 00:24:58,071 --> 00:24:58,987 All right. Well, thank you very much. 554 00:24:59,072 --> 00:24:59,914 - All right, Carmen. - Very good. 555 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:01,499 - Always a pleasure. - See you. 556 00:25:01,583 --> 00:25:03,167 We'll see you on the island, hopefully. 557 00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:04,326 Very good. Enjoy your trip. 558 00:25:04,410 --> 00:25:05,920 MARTY: Brilliant! 559 00:25:09,999 --> 00:25:11,333 - ALEX: Hey, guys. - DOUG: Gentlemen. 560 00:25:11,417 --> 00:25:12,676 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island war room... 561 00:25:12,835 --> 00:25:15,254 - Welcome back. - Marty and Alex Lagina, 562 00:25:15,338 --> 00:25:17,932 along with Jack Begley, gather with Rick 563 00:25:18,091 --> 00:25:21,260 and members of the team to share Carmen Legge's analysis 564 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:24,680 of the mysterious adze that was found on Lot 4. 565 00:25:24,773 --> 00:25:28,192 There it is: a beautiful adze. 566 00:25:28,351 --> 00:25:30,361 - Oh, goodness. - Really? - ALEX: Mm-hmm. 567 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:31,445 - RICK: We thought it might be. - GARY: Yeah. 568 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,197 ALEX: Yeah, so he confirmed that. 569 00:25:33,356 --> 00:25:35,366 He knew exactly what that was. He said this 570 00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:37,109 is an adze, but he said English style. 571 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:38,536 Excellent. 572 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:39,870 ALEX: Because of the square hole, 573 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:42,623 which you can see, and as well as 574 00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,208 the notch right there. 575 00:25:44,292 --> 00:25:48,796 Also potentially makes it as old as 1620 to 1740. 576 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,881 - Wow. - Wow. 577 00:25:50,966 --> 00:25:53,125 - That is fantastic. - MARTY: Yeah. 578 00:25:53,209 --> 00:25:55,803 The idea is that you could use 579 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:58,556 an axe to make a hand-hewn timber. 580 00:25:58,715 --> 00:26:01,225 But if that timber needed to be smooth, 581 00:26:01,384 --> 00:26:03,218 more like this tabletop, you'd work this thing. 582 00:26:03,311 --> 00:26:05,229 This would have been very sharp. 583 00:26:05,388 --> 00:26:07,055 It's where you need a fine finish. 584 00:26:07,140 --> 00:26:09,567 - ALEX: Right. - Finer than just axe-cut. 585 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:11,735 JACK: So what's it doing over on Lot 4? 586 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:14,396 Unless, possibly, it has to do with the hatch? 587 00:26:14,489 --> 00:26:15,906 Yeah, that's what I was going to say. 588 00:26:16,065 --> 00:26:17,491 The only thing I can think on Lot 4 that 589 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:20,494 we have any information for is the hatch from Zena's map. 590 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:23,831 I mean, Zena's map goes back to 13, 1400s, 591 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:25,749 but still, we're having a lot of finds 592 00:26:25,908 --> 00:26:28,827 on Lot 4, so on the western side of the island. 593 00:26:28,911 --> 00:26:30,421 What were they doing over here? 594 00:26:30,580 --> 00:26:32,748 Yeah, and I bloody love that date range. 595 00:26:32,832 --> 00:26:35,342 That is well before the story of the Money Pit. 596 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:38,670 RICK: The date is very interesting: 597 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:41,089 1620 to 1740. 598 00:26:41,174 --> 00:26:44,268 It seems that we keep pushing the dates, 599 00:26:44,352 --> 00:26:47,512 uh, of the finds further and further back. 600 00:26:47,597 --> 00:26:50,524 I find that quite compelling. 601 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,027 If you're making significant finds on the lot line between 602 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:56,363 4 and 5, then we should continue to clear out Lot 4. 603 00:26:56,522 --> 00:27:00,117 I think that the work done on Oak Island was incremental. 604 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:02,277 In other words, there seems to be 605 00:27:02,362 --> 00:27:05,614 a master plan and it was implemented 606 00:27:05,698 --> 00:27:08,208 over a period of years, if not decades. 607 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:11,119 MARTY: Okay. Well, that's our story. 608 00:27:11,204 --> 00:27:15,215 Uh, could be very significant 'cause it's quite old. 609 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:19,044 It could be even older after you find out about this, Rick. 610 00:27:19,128 --> 00:27:21,380 And then, then we're just left with the problem of, well, 611 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,475 - how long was it used before it was discarded? - Yeah. 612 00:27:24,634 --> 00:27:26,477 RICK: As far as Lot 4 is concerned, 613 00:27:26,561 --> 00:27:28,062 these are not just one-off things. 614 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:31,723 Everything we talk about here in the war room should lead us 615 00:27:31,808 --> 00:27:33,809 to advancing the search agenda and that's... 616 00:27:33,893 --> 00:27:35,319 And I think we've done that. 617 00:27:35,478 --> 00:27:36,737 This proves there's more things to find, 618 00:27:36,896 --> 00:27:38,230 but we won't find them in here. 619 00:27:38,314 --> 00:27:40,491 Let's go. 620 00:27:44,579 --> 00:27:46,988 NARRATOR: The following morning... 621 00:27:47,073 --> 00:27:49,500 CHARLES: Water and soil is not a good mixture. 622 00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:51,669 ALEX: No. 623 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:53,087 - It's like Jell-O. - CHARLES: Yeah. 624 00:27:53,246 --> 00:27:54,413 The world's worst Jell-O. 625 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:56,340 Yeah. Exactly. 626 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,093 I don't think I like this flavor. 627 00:27:59,252 --> 00:28:00,919 - (both laugh) - At all. 628 00:28:02,430 --> 00:28:05,015 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty and members of the team go back to work, 629 00:28:05,174 --> 00:28:07,175 searching for more important clues-- 630 00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:09,344 And hopefully valuables-- 631 00:28:09,429 --> 00:28:11,814 In the southernmost region of the swamp. 632 00:28:13,850 --> 00:28:16,935 You know what? That excavator looks really big 633 00:28:17,019 --> 00:28:19,363 until you start doing this and look at that swamp 634 00:28:19,522 --> 00:28:21,699 and it doesn't look so big anymore, does it? 635 00:28:21,858 --> 00:28:22,700 No. 636 00:28:26,529 --> 00:28:28,706 It just goes to show yet again, if you wanted 637 00:28:28,865 --> 00:28:31,208 to hide something, boy, was this ever a good way. 638 00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:32,668 (Laird chuckles) 639 00:28:34,871 --> 00:28:36,839 RICK: Heads up. Swinging, swinging around. 640 00:28:50,136 --> 00:28:52,554 - Does that look flat? - RICK: I guess it does. 641 00:28:52,647 --> 00:28:54,055 GARY: Yeah, it does, doesn't it? 642 00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:55,807 Are those little chopping marks, 643 00:28:55,892 --> 00:28:56,984 from something like a little adze 644 00:28:57,143 --> 00:28:58,393 or something like that? 645 00:28:58,486 --> 00:29:00,738 Or is that-- Do you think that's just natural split? 646 00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:01,813 I don't know, but we'll wash it... 647 00:29:01,898 --> 00:29:02,898 GARY: It's awfully straight, isn't it? 648 00:29:02,982 --> 00:29:04,825 wash it off. 649 00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,326 NARRATOR: A piece of wood? 650 00:29:06,486 --> 00:29:09,154 Possibly cut by an adze? 651 00:29:09,238 --> 00:29:12,240 If so, could it be connected to the adze 652 00:29:12,325 --> 00:29:15,243 that was unearthed two days ago on Lot 4? 653 00:29:15,336 --> 00:29:17,412 You're right, Gary. Right there. 654 00:29:17,497 --> 00:29:20,841 Or is it from a much earlier time period? 655 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:22,926 RICK: Hey, Laird! 656 00:29:23,011 --> 00:29:24,503 - Come here a minute? - LAIRD: Yeah. 657 00:29:24,587 --> 00:29:26,755 RICK: It appears that there are 658 00:29:26,848 --> 00:29:29,341 some hand cuts on the wood. 659 00:29:29,425 --> 00:29:33,011 In terms of the importance of an adze-cut piece of wood, 660 00:29:33,095 --> 00:29:36,106 timbers of long ago were shaped by an adze. 661 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:38,859 We also know that it was used in shipbuilding. 662 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:42,103 It looks like a chop mark from something like an adze. 663 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:43,855 RICK: I think it's very early. 664 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:46,274 I think there's a lot more work to be done. 665 00:29:46,359 --> 00:29:49,444 But, in the moment, it's surprising. 666 00:29:49,529 --> 00:29:52,197 It's, it's, uh... exciting. 667 00:29:52,281 --> 00:29:54,708 Um... 668 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:56,418 I-It's remarkable. 669 00:29:57,870 --> 00:29:59,463 Kind of looks hewn, doesn't it? 670 00:29:59,547 --> 00:30:01,632 I don't know. And then you have that. 671 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:02,958 LAIRD: See this, here? 672 00:30:03,042 --> 00:30:05,469 It's kind of a possible cut. 673 00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:07,971 That, I think is-- Could be of interest. 674 00:30:08,056 --> 00:30:09,381 We're not too far away from where 675 00:30:09,465 --> 00:30:10,891 we found that piece of wood. 676 00:30:11,050 --> 00:30:13,060 I mean, that dated back to 700. 677 00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:16,396 - RICK: Let me throw some water on this. - LAIRD: Okay. 678 00:30:16,556 --> 00:30:18,890 RICK: I think everything that we pull from the swamp 679 00:30:18,975 --> 00:30:20,567 needs to be looked at carefully. 680 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:22,310 The most innocuous piece of wood 681 00:30:22,395 --> 00:30:25,113 might have some very relevant information. 682 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,568 Whatcha got, big brother? 683 00:30:29,652 --> 00:30:32,404 I don't know if it's anything. 684 00:30:32,488 --> 00:30:33,330 Right there. 685 00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:36,625 - Okay. - Right there. 686 00:30:37,994 --> 00:30:39,411 MARTY: Pretty rotten. Look at this, though. 687 00:30:39,495 --> 00:30:41,997 - Right here. - Yeah, I don't know. 688 00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,249 MARTY: It passes the first test. 689 00:30:44,333 --> 00:30:45,509 It's shaped wood. 690 00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:48,762 So, if somebody analyzes it, some expert... 691 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,673 if something comes through that it's very ancient, 692 00:30:51,757 --> 00:30:53,675 then they become significant. But... 693 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:56,353 But they are already somewhat significant 694 00:30:56,437 --> 00:30:58,856 because we're only digging in a small area of the swamp. 695 00:30:59,015 --> 00:31:02,442 And why, really, at depth are shaped pieces 696 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,194 of wood in there at all? 697 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:10,200 Is that another piece? 698 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:15,864 Yeah, I'm gonna put a board and go fish that out. 699 00:31:15,948 --> 00:31:17,782 - Hang on, Billy. - LAIRD: I'll do it. 700 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:18,700 GARY: All right, mate. 701 00:31:18,793 --> 00:31:21,128 I can't let that go. Not now. 702 00:31:21,287 --> 00:31:22,713 All right, mate. Thanks. 703 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:27,718 - I'm going to push you forward a bit. - All right, mate. 704 00:31:29,128 --> 00:31:30,629 (chuckles) 705 00:31:30,713 --> 00:31:33,223 CHARLES: Oh, Gary's going in. 706 00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:35,050 He's going in. 707 00:31:35,134 --> 00:31:36,560 GARY: I thought it looked... 708 00:31:36,719 --> 00:31:38,896 It is. Look! 709 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,859 This is the same log! 710 00:31:50,658 --> 00:31:52,150 It's another flat piece... 711 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:54,494 - Yeah. - and it's got that same notch in. 712 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:56,580 NARRATOR: Near the southernmost region of the swamp... 713 00:31:56,664 --> 00:31:58,916 - Thanks, mate. - Got it. 714 00:31:59,075 --> 00:32:01,159 the Oak Island team has just made 715 00:32:01,243 --> 00:32:03,921 another potentially important discovery. 716 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,674 Look at that. And then it goes down at a slope. 717 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:08,833 Oh, that looks like a cut. 718 00:32:08,918 --> 00:32:10,344 - It does, doesn't it? - Yeah. 719 00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:11,929 GARY: That's the piece I saw. 720 00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:15,840 - LAIRD: Yeah. - MARTY: What do you got? 721 00:32:15,925 --> 00:32:17,851 Interesting piece of wood, mate. 722 00:32:18,010 --> 00:32:19,519 Just like this other piece 723 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:20,762 of wood that we found, 724 00:32:20,846 --> 00:32:22,856 it's got like two indents here. 725 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,016 Well, I have a man down on the beach, 726 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,935 - so I'll get it washed. - Okay, mate. - All right. 727 00:32:27,019 --> 00:32:29,521 Very similar to that other one. 728 00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:32,783 MARTY: Billy and Gary find a few pieces of wood. 729 00:32:32,942 --> 00:32:34,785 They clearly appear to be man-made. 730 00:32:34,944 --> 00:32:37,195 Here you go, have a go at that one. 731 00:32:37,279 --> 00:32:38,697 It's heavy. 732 00:32:38,781 --> 00:32:40,791 I can't tell what they are, they just look like planks, 733 00:32:40,875 --> 00:32:44,461 but maybe when we clean them up, maybe they'll 734 00:32:44,545 --> 00:32:47,297 reveal what they might have been used for. 735 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:50,884 Is that one a little more interesting? 736 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,303 A little bit more suspicious. 737 00:32:57,216 --> 00:32:58,967 All I'm thinking is, 738 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,302 is it a candidate for C-14 or not? 739 00:33:01,387 --> 00:33:03,313 MARTY: Right. In other words, is it man-made? 740 00:33:03,472 --> 00:33:05,148 - RICK: I think this is... - It's angled. 741 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:08,143 RICK: Yeah, it's like, chopped, right? 742 00:33:08,227 --> 00:33:10,070 - Yeah, to what end, though? - I don't know. (scoffs) 743 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:14,816 Yeah, that swamp is really, really weird. 744 00:33:14,909 --> 00:33:16,743 Would you expect something else? 745 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:19,663 - What's the definition of madness? - (both chuckle) 746 00:33:19,822 --> 00:33:22,332 - We're not there yet. - We're close. 747 00:33:22,491 --> 00:33:26,503 RICK: Every time we dig anywhere on Oak Island, we find something. 748 00:33:26,587 --> 00:33:29,506 Uh, and that is certainly true in the swamp proper. 749 00:33:31,751 --> 00:33:33,835 - These are the finds? - MARTY: Yeah. 750 00:33:33,919 --> 00:33:37,347 RICK: Retrieve everything, look at it carefully, 751 00:33:37,432 --> 00:33:40,684 document it, and then try to reconstruct something. 752 00:33:40,843 --> 00:33:42,594 There might be two pieces of wood retrieved 753 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:45,772 at different times that have some sort of connection. 754 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,983 It does feel like there's a cut there. 755 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:54,197 Thick and worn. 756 00:33:54,356 --> 00:33:56,274 Rounded. 757 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,610 RICK: And we're close by where Terry Deveau 758 00:33:58,694 --> 00:34:00,111 projected the wharf. 759 00:34:00,196 --> 00:34:01,121 Are we? 760 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:02,781 Yeah. 761 00:34:02,865 --> 00:34:04,616 NARRATOR: Could Billy Gerhardt's notion 762 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,619 that these pieces of hand-hewn boards 763 00:34:07,703 --> 00:34:11,956 are actually connected to the nearby stone wharf be correct? 764 00:34:12,041 --> 00:34:14,885 BILLY: If it's an open harbor, it's deeper on this side, right? 765 00:34:14,969 --> 00:34:16,461 And it gets shallower up in the-- b-by the eye, right? 766 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:18,963 Yeah, and the most interesting stuff would be on the bottom, 767 00:34:19,048 --> 00:34:20,390 - right here, then. - Yeah. 768 00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:22,392 - Which, you're not there yet. - No. 769 00:34:22,551 --> 00:34:24,144 MARTY: If something is hiding out there, 770 00:34:24,303 --> 00:34:26,063 it's got a lot of places to hide. 771 00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:27,814 BILLY: Lots of places. 772 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:28,982 GARY: All right, Billy, how about 773 00:34:29,141 --> 00:34:30,391 some treasure tomorrow? 774 00:34:30,485 --> 00:34:32,152 I'm with you, Gary, on that. 775 00:34:32,236 --> 00:34:34,229 GARY: God, I love this place. 776 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:37,324 NARRATOR: Later that afternoon... 777 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:40,410 MARTY: Dr. Brosseau, welcome back to the war room. 778 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:41,995 Appreciate you being willing to travel. 779 00:34:42,154 --> 00:34:43,905 It really helps us a lot. 780 00:34:43,989 --> 00:34:46,491 NARRATOR: Rick, Marty and Craig have invited 781 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:49,244 Professor of Chemistry Dr. Christa Brosseau 782 00:34:49,328 --> 00:34:52,330 to meet with members of the team in the war room 783 00:34:52,414 --> 00:34:54,341 to present her analysis of several items 784 00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:57,502 discovered one week ago on Lot 4. 785 00:34:57,595 --> 00:35:01,681 These items include a mysterious metal object 786 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,183 as well as a button 787 00:35:03,342 --> 00:35:06,261 which preliminary X-ray fluorescence scanning revealed 788 00:35:06,345 --> 00:35:09,606 to contain a significant amount of gold. 789 00:35:09,765 --> 00:35:12,275 CHRISTA: So, I'll start with the button. 790 00:35:12,434 --> 00:35:15,529 So, this is sort of a classic tombac button. 791 00:35:15,688 --> 00:35:16,863 What does that word mean? 792 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,198 Yeah, "tombac" is, uh, 793 00:35:18,282 --> 00:35:20,525 one of, sort of, a common term 794 00:35:20,609 --> 00:35:23,870 - given to a high zinc-copper alloy. - Oh, okay. 795 00:35:24,029 --> 00:35:28,208 CHRISTA: This is the breakdown of the main body of the button. 796 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:32,453 It's, uh, copper-tin with a fairly high zinc content. 797 00:35:32,547 --> 00:35:34,539 Arsenic and lead are also present. 798 00:35:34,623 --> 00:35:37,125 Likely they were original to the copper itself, 799 00:35:37,209 --> 00:35:40,545 predating the modern refinement of copper alloys. 800 00:35:40,629 --> 00:35:45,216 The copper loop has a very high bismuth content, 801 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:49,563 which is indicative that the copper originated in Britain. 802 00:35:49,722 --> 00:35:53,984 And so, this is most likely a-a British-origin button. 803 00:35:54,143 --> 00:36:00,481 You will see the circles around the-the eye. 804 00:36:00,566 --> 00:36:03,326 And that's a very characteristic feature for buttons 805 00:36:03,485 --> 00:36:07,080 that were made between 1726 and 1776. 806 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:08,915 NARRATOR: A British button, 807 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,918 potentially dating back 70 years prior 808 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,838 to the discovery of the Money Pit? 809 00:36:14,997 --> 00:36:17,340 Since the team has found a number 810 00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:20,251 of British military artifacts from the same period 811 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:23,597 across the island over the past several years, 812 00:36:23,756 --> 00:36:26,674 could that answer the question of who may have buried something 813 00:36:26,759 --> 00:36:29,436 of great value on Oak Island? 814 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,431 Or could it mean that the British were here searching 815 00:36:33,515 --> 00:36:37,194 for something left much earlier by someone else? 816 00:36:37,353 --> 00:36:41,156 So, the next object is the piece of metal. 817 00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:45,276 It is definitely a copper alloy. 818 00:36:45,361 --> 00:36:47,612 It has a pretty high tin content, 819 00:36:47,696 --> 00:36:50,123 so it's kind of consistent with what's called 820 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,617 a tin bronze or a bell metal. 821 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:54,211 Specialty metal. 822 00:36:54,295 --> 00:36:56,713 - Yeah. - When was this alloy identified? 823 00:36:56,872 --> 00:36:58,623 In other words, when did it come into use? 824 00:36:58,707 --> 00:37:00,550 I would say it's older, yeah. 825 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:02,877 Because the copper contains arsenic, 826 00:37:02,962 --> 00:37:06,881 and usually that's been removed by more modern refining methods. 827 00:37:06,966 --> 00:37:09,392 Would the presence of arsenic in both 828 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,719 suggest that the bell metal would come from the same suspect 829 00:37:11,812 --> 00:37:14,481 - as the button? - No, I don't think so. 830 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,641 RICK: When you go back to the screen, 831 00:37:16,725 --> 00:37:18,643 you'll see, at the-the last sentence there, 832 00:37:18,727 --> 00:37:21,479 it says, "Bell metal was used to construct early cannons 833 00:37:21,563 --> 00:37:23,823 by the Spanish and Portuguese." 834 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:25,075 Yeah. 835 00:37:31,323 --> 00:37:32,490 NARRATOR: In the Oak Island war room 836 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,409 chemist Dr. Christa Brosseau has just shared 837 00:37:34,493 --> 00:37:38,421 an incredible report that the metal object found 838 00:37:38,580 --> 00:37:40,924 one week ago on Lot 4 by Gary Drayton 839 00:37:41,008 --> 00:37:44,669 may be of either Spanish or Portuguese origin. 840 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:49,432 So, the tin gives the-the metal strength and rigidity. 841 00:37:49,517 --> 00:37:54,771 So, it's been used historically for bells, obviously, 842 00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:56,773 but also for the production of cannons. 843 00:37:58,767 --> 00:38:00,768 MARTY: Would you find it likely to find this 844 00:38:00,861 --> 00:38:04,030 on other places in the Maritimes? 845 00:38:04,189 --> 00:38:05,949 That's a good question. 846 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:08,702 Um, I'd have to do some more digging into that, 847 00:38:08,861 --> 00:38:11,029 but, um, it's possible. 848 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:14,365 - We can do some research on that. - Yeah, for sure. 849 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:15,533 What is Lot 4? 850 00:38:15,626 --> 00:38:17,210 - What's your interest there? - Uh, it's... 851 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:19,129 RICK: There was this map, 852 00:38:19,288 --> 00:38:22,373 which we, in truth, are still trying to vet. 853 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:24,884 You know, as part of Zena Halpern's research, 854 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:27,637 there is a reference to "the hatch." 855 00:38:27,796 --> 00:38:30,882 And, uh, so, we continue to search for that. 856 00:38:30,966 --> 00:38:33,301 We were chasing, uh, the hatch, 857 00:38:33,385 --> 00:38:35,812 and we were using the magnetometer hits from CSR, 858 00:38:35,971 --> 00:38:37,397 and that was the first piece we pulled up 859 00:38:37,481 --> 00:38:39,482 in one of the anomalies. 860 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,651 Actually, I'm-I'm very intrigued by the possibility 861 00:38:41,810 --> 00:38:43,478 that piece of bell metal might be associated 862 00:38:43,562 --> 00:38:46,230 - with Portuguese on the island. - Mm-hmm. 863 00:38:46,315 --> 00:38:51,411 They were among the first to use cannon on board ships. 864 00:38:51,570 --> 00:38:55,239 NARRATOR: It is well-documented that Portuguese explorers 865 00:38:55,324 --> 00:38:57,325 frequently visited Nova Scotia 866 00:38:57,409 --> 00:39:00,170 between the 16th and 18th centuries. 867 00:39:00,329 --> 00:39:03,506 However, some Oak Island theorists believe 868 00:39:03,591 --> 00:39:06,593 that members of a Portuguese branch of the Knights Templar, 869 00:39:06,752 --> 00:39:09,587 known as the Knights of Christ, may have come to the region 870 00:39:09,671 --> 00:39:15,009 much earlier to hide a vast and priceless treasure. 871 00:39:15,094 --> 00:39:17,520 GARY: Ooh, look at that. 872 00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:20,273 NARRATOR: Five weeks ago, while searching on Lot 16, 873 00:39:20,432 --> 00:39:22,016 Rick and Gary Drayton 874 00:39:22,101 --> 00:39:24,778 discovered a small, ancient stone cannonball 875 00:39:24,937 --> 00:39:26,529 known as a "gunstone." 876 00:39:28,524 --> 00:39:30,691 - MICHAEL J.: Steve, look at this. - Yes? 877 00:39:30,776 --> 00:39:33,036 NARRATOR: It was a near match to one found last year in the spoils 878 00:39:33,195 --> 00:39:38,032 excavated in 2019 from the Money Pit area. 879 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:40,460 Amazingly, both of these gunstones 880 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:43,963 were found to potentially be of Portuguese origin. 881 00:39:44,123 --> 00:39:45,873 Could those gunstones, 882 00:39:45,958 --> 00:39:48,802 along with this fragment from a possible cannon, 883 00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:51,629 as well as the stone wharf in the swamp 884 00:39:51,713 --> 00:39:56,810 all be corroborative evidence that this theory is true? 885 00:39:56,894 --> 00:39:58,895 And this is why Dr. Brousseau 886 00:39:59,054 --> 00:40:01,564 is such a, you know, such a great resource. 887 00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:04,567 This metal was used by the Spanish and the Portuguese 888 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,060 for quite some time. 889 00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:09,397 It's an interesting thing to think that such a metal 890 00:40:09,481 --> 00:40:13,067 used in bells and cannons would be on Lot 4. 891 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,995 - Another mystery. - Another mystery. 892 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,414 - RICK: Yeah. - DOUG: Gary's work with the metal detector 893 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:19,323 just seems to indicate 894 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,585 there's-- was a lot of activity in that general area. 895 00:40:22,744 --> 00:40:24,421 The finds say that there was activity 896 00:40:24,580 --> 00:40:27,090 over a seemingly long period of time. 897 00:40:27,174 --> 00:40:28,425 TOM: Something... 898 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:30,260 happened in that area. 899 00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:33,012 Something about this island a-attracted a lot 900 00:40:33,172 --> 00:40:35,348 - of effort. - Mm-hmm. 901 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,675 We got to go down that road and see where that might lead. 902 00:40:37,759 --> 00:40:39,936 Okay. Well, again, thank you for coming down. 903 00:40:40,095 --> 00:40:42,013 I always enjoy these-these sessions very much. 904 00:40:42,097 --> 00:40:43,690 My pleasure. Good luck. 905 00:40:43,849 --> 00:40:46,017 RICK: Thank you. 906 00:40:46,101 --> 00:40:48,695 NARRATOR: After another successful week 907 00:40:48,854 --> 00:40:53,032 that resulted in new discoveries made all across Oak Island, 908 00:40:53,192 --> 00:40:56,536 the Laginas and their team may be closer than ever 909 00:40:56,695 --> 00:40:59,030 to finally revealing the secrets 910 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:02,033 that have endured for more than two centuries. 911 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:06,370 But as they continue to narrow down the possibilities 912 00:41:06,455 --> 00:41:08,965 of who may have been behind this mystery, 913 00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:13,461 are they also zeroing in on a vast cache of treasure? 914 00:41:13,545 --> 00:41:17,223 Or will they find that the deeper they dig, 915 00:41:17,382 --> 00:41:20,810 the darker the secrets become? 916 00:41:24,473 --> 00:41:27,150 Next time on The Curse of Oak Island... 917 00:41:27,309 --> 00:41:28,893 Oh. 918 00:41:28,977 --> 00:41:30,728 Could be more pieces of a ship. 919 00:41:30,812 --> 00:41:32,563 MARTY: Holy smokes. What do you think of that, Rick? 920 00:41:32,648 --> 00:41:34,324 The swamp is yielding things. 921 00:41:34,483 --> 00:41:36,409 - (beeping) - Wow, it sounds fantastic. 922 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:37,652 What the bloody hell is this? 923 00:41:37,736 --> 00:41:39,487 CARMEN: It's a typical strap 924 00:41:39,571 --> 00:41:40,655 - for a heavy chest. - Really? 925 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:42,490 - That's a nice surprise. - (laughs) 926 00:41:42,574 --> 00:41:44,000 RICK: I have always thought the way 927 00:41:44,159 --> 00:41:46,753 to figure out the Money Pit was finding Shaft 6. 928 00:41:46,837 --> 00:41:48,746 TERRY: Okay! Look at that. 929 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:50,915 If it's Shaft 6, how far are we from the Money Pit? 930 00:41:50,999 --> 00:41:52,675 18 feet. 931 00:41:52,834 --> 00:41:54,511 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS